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Evaluating The Impact Of Research Equipment Availability On Scientific Rigor, Reproducibility, And Innovation Across Stem Disciplines, Lyndi G. Hraban

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Research infrastructure plays a central role in shaping the quality and innovative capacity of scientific research. This study evaluates how the availability of research equipment influences scientific rigor, reproducibility, and innovation across STEM disciplines. Drawing on literature from science-to-science research, policy studies, and discipline-specific analyses, this project synthesizes existing scholarship to explore the relationship between access to infrastructure and key research outcomes. Findings across the literature indicate that access to advanced and well-maintained equipment can strengthen scientific rigor by enabling more precise measurements, improved experimental control, and the implementation of standardized research protocols. Shared and centralized facilities are also associated …

When The Bridge Is Not At Sea : Investigating Transfer Of Learning From Full-Mission Bridge Simulator To Navigation Training Onboard, Thammawan Phanphichit

World Maritime University Ph.D. Dissertations

This dissertation explores, through a mixed-methods approach, how fullmission bridge simulators support transfer of learning to navigation training onboard, and under what conditions transfer can be trusted. Qualitative and quantitative components were integrated across the four articles. The first study explores how key onboard training stakeholders perceive its challenges, limitations, and the possibility of reducing required sea-time. Findings show broad agreement that OBT remains important, though openness to simulator use was conditional on credible evidence that simulator-developed competence can transfer onboard. The second and third studies examine this through transfer of learning theory. A systematic review identifies elements influencing transfer …

Knowledge Decoding Learning (Kdl): A Novel Learning Model Integrating Coding And Artificial Intelligence For 21st-Century Education, Kardiana Metha Rozhana, Anis Trianawati, Kardiana Zendha Avalentina

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Coding learning in elementary schools often emphasizes the implementation of program commands without providing adequate guidance to students to connect conceptual knowledge, algorithmic reasoning, and coding practice. This study aims to develop and evaluate the Knowledge Decoding Learning (KDL) Learning Model integrated with coding and Artificial Intelligence for fifth-grade elementary school students. The study used a research and development method with the ADDIE framework and involved 27 students from SDN Merjosari 1 and 20 students from SDN Merjosari 4, Malang City. Product quality was tested through expert validation, teacher and student response questionnaires, and pretest and posttest analysis using N-Gain. …

Inclusive Laboratory Instruction For Students Who Are Blind Or Low Vision Pacifichem Symposium Overview, Cary Supalo, Christin B. Monroe, Siegbert Schmid

Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities

The 2025 Pacifichem conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii during the week of December 15-20, 2025, included a symposium titled, “Inclusive Laboratory Instruction for Students Who are Blind or Low Vision.” This symposium was organized by Dr. Cary Supalo, Prof. Siegbert Schmid, Dr. Kaitlin Beare and Ms Jasodhara Bhattacharya, and sessions were moderated by Dr. Cary Supalo and Dr. Christin Monroe. The symposium featured chemists with BLV and other chemists who have an interest in the inclusion of chemists with BLV into the STEM enterprise. It included 13 presentations on varying topics ranging from auto-ethnographic, methodological, to formal educational research studies.

Co-Authoring In Autoethnography: Defining And Developing Co-Author Relations In Academic Development Research, Yuqi Lin, Eisuke Saito, Lynette Pretorius

The Qualitative Report

Multi-author autoethnography has become a popular methodological approach in academic development research. While it offers unique strengths in diversifying voices, preserving lived experiences, and promoting innovative practices, limited attention has been paid to the co-author relationships that shape and constitute the research process. This article argues that stronger methodological engagement is needed to review, define, and reflect on co-author relationships. Attention should be paid to intimacy, hierarchy, positionality, and power relations between authors, and how these dynamics may influence collaboration, reflexivity, and knowledge production. Drawing on academic development research, this article identifies personal, collegial, and educational relationships as the three …

Augmented Reality-Based Pop-Up Book For Teaching Rupiah Currency Recognition To Deaf Junior High School Students, Rohmah Ageng Mursita, Totok Bintoro, Asep Supena, Indra Jaya, Murni Winarsih, Mayasari Manar

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Deaf students depend heavily on visual input, yet Indonesian special schools still teach currency recognition mostly with flat textbook pictures. This study aimed to develop an augmented reality-based pop-up book on the value, colour, and imagery of Indonesian Rupiah currency for deaf students at a special junior high school and to examine its feasibility and preliminary effect on learning outcomes. A research and development design based on the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation model was applied. The product pairs a printed pop-up book with scannable markers that show three-dimensional models of nine Rupiah banknotes and coins. Two content experts …

Innovative Augmented Reality For Chemical Bonding (Archeb): Development And Validation Of An Android Application, Indri Nur Anisa, Novike Bela Sumanik, Yenni Pintauli Pasaribu, Lamtiar Ferawaty Siregar, John Yoro Parlindungan

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Chemical bonding is an abstract concept that requires visual representations to help students understand the structure and formation of bonds at the microscopic level. Augmented reality delivered through Android devices offers opportunities to present these concepts interactively. This study aimed to develop the Android-based learning media Augmented Reality of Chemical Bonding (ARCHEB) and evaluate its validity and practicality for teaching chemical bonding. The study employed the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation model, focusing on needs analysis, design, development, expert validation, and a practicality trial. The study was conducted at SMA Negeri 3 Merauke, Indonesia, involving two chemistry teachers as …

Sustaining A School-Based Concussion Management Program Using An Implementation Science Framework, Melissa Mccart, Deanne Unruh, Patricia K. Reyna, Jody Slocumb, Doug Gomez, Ann E. Glang

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Each year, 1.1–1.9 million children and adolescents in the United States experience a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), and many return to school (RTS) with symptoms disrupting learning and well-being. Although effective RTS care requires coordinated support, implementation remains inconsistent across the United States. This study explored how one RTS program, the Central Oregon TBI (COR-TBI) model, was established and sustained over time. Using a deductive qualitative design guided by the National Implementation Research Network framework, we interviewed nine key organizers and coded data using leadership, competency, and organization drivers. Five themes emerged: (a) leadership-driven awareness and communication; …

Undergraduate Students Experience In A University Service-Learning Program For Youth With Disabilities, Nicole Fiscella, Courtney Jost, Jennifer Beamer, Tze-Hsuan Wang, Jennifer Taylor, Willie Chun Wai Leung

Educational Practices in Kinesiology

University-based service-learning is one avenue that allows students to combine content learned in the classroom with meaningful hands-on experience. The purpose of this program evaluation was to describe the experiences of undergraduate students participating in a university-based adapted PA program for children with disabilities. The study involved 90 undergraduate students from two universities who participated in a university-based adapted PA program. Data were collected via a survey administered to students, which asked about their experiences in the program. Descriptive analyses were performed to describe the experiences of students participating in the programs. Results indicated a positive response among undergraduate students …

A Mindful Approach To Language Learning: Investigating Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, And Well-Being In The Efl Classroom, Sharon E. Fayerberger, Anca D. Cehan

Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education

A Mindful Approach to Language Learning: Investigating Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Well-Being in the EFL Classroom

This study aimed to explore the effect of a 13-week mindfulness intervention program conducted in English, within the framework of English Foreign Language lessons for 10th-grade students. The aspects researched were attitudes, language self-efficacy, and student well-being, which are essential components for successful foreign language learning. Fifty-seven 10th-grade students were divided into an experimental group and a control group. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining quantitative questionnaires to assess the students' self-efficacy and attitudes pre- and post-stage, and qualitative data collected from semi-structured questionnaires, which …

Artizein Arts And Teaching Journal Volume 11 (1), Darlene St. Georges

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

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Drawing Out Remarkable Communities, Bailey Ennig

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

This visual essay examines how an unused classroom whiteboard evolved into a student-driven site of relational art and community building. Initially left blank, the whiteboard became a shared drawing space as students began to doodle informally, returning regularly to contribute and interact. Over time, these collective drawing practices fostered friendships, cross-grade connections, and a sense of belonging grounded in shared pop culture interests and creative play. Drawing on theories of relational aesthetics (Bourriaud, 2002), creative ecosystems (Harris, 2021), and connected learning (Ito et al., 2019), the whiteboard functioned as a dynamic social space shaped by student agency rather than teacher …

The Humidity Of Living: Walking, Permeability, And Care As Embodied Research Practice, Lyndsay Mckay

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

This visual-textual essay traces walking as an embodied research methodology situated at the intersection of autoethnography, material feminist theory, and practices of care. Drawing on nursing-informed sensorial attunement and site-responsive observation, the work follows a pedestrian route through urban and coastal landscapes to examine how bodies, infrastructures, atmospheres, and more-than-human matter co-produce perception. Through photographic documentation and poetic narrative, the project foregrounds permeability as a methodological stance—one that resists detached observation in favor of affective, relational, and trans-corporeal engagement. Concepts from Ingold’s correspondence, Alaimo’s trans-corporeality, Mol’s logic of care, and Benner’s embodied expertise are woven into lived encounters with decay, …

A Community's Next Chapter: Introducing The Journal Of Accreditation And Quality Improvement In Medical Education, Melisa Pierce, Jason Booza, Colleen Hayden

Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education

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Front Matter, Jason C. Booza, Raquel Hernández Givens

Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education

Front matter for the Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education, Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2026.

Strengthening The Science And Practice Of Accreditation And Quality Improvement, Jason C. Booza, Raquel Hernández Givens

Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education

This editorial welcomes readers to the inaugural issue of the Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education (JAQI).

Students Drive Cqi In Step 1 Support Using The After-Action Review: A Replicable Model For Student Engagement In Accreditation-Driven Quality Improvement, Lauren B. Stumpp, Abigail Yohannes, Greg Null, Allison Serra

Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education

Background. Medical schools increasingly recognize the importance of engaging students in continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes, yet most institutions rely primarily on surveys that offer limited depth and no leadership role for students. This study describes a student-led CQI model combining a structured survey instrument with the After-Action Review (AAR) framework, implemented across two consecutive cohorts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Methods. Students who completed the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 in 2023 and 2024 were invited to complete a survey evaluating school-provided academic, emotional, and decision-support resources. Following each survey, 12 and 14 …

Meet The Board: A Jaqi Rountable, Ashley Gregory

Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education

This roundtable introduces readers to the founding members of the Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education's editorial board. Through their reflections, readers will gain insight into the experiences, interests, and aspirations that collectively inform the journal's mission and strategic direction.

Mission Seemingly Impossible: Student Satisfaction With Time For Self-Directed Learning, Sara Bradley, Robyn Bockrath, Mara Johnson, Celia Laird O'Brien

Journal of Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Medical Education

Background. Medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) are often required to demonstrate improvement on accreditation elements in a relatively short amount of time. In October 2021, the LCME cited our institution as Unsatisfactory for the self-directed learning (SDL) element after 21.3% of second-year medical (M2) students reported dissatisfaction with unscheduled time for SDL. The LCME required us to demonstrate improvement in a status update due December 2022. In this paper, we describe a rapid continuous quality improvement (CQI) approach that successfully increased student satisfaction and achieved full compliance within 1 year.

Methods. We employed a …

Performing Proficiency: Ethnodrama As Arts-Based Research In An Esl Acting Classroom, Angel M. Morales

Journal of English Learner Education

This study explores the use of ethnodrama as an arts-based research method and pedagogical tool in English as a Second Language (ESL) education. Drawing on the work of Saldaña, Salvatore, and Denzin, the project examines how performance can communicate lived experiences, foster language development, and promote social justice in multicultural classrooms. Based on interviews and observations of ESL students in an Acting I course, the resulting ethnodrama, What?! Acting?!, presents verbatim narratives that reveal learners’ identities, struggles, and resilience. The findings highlight how theatrical practice enhances linguistic fluency, self-expression, and cultural understanding, demonstrating the transformative potential of performance in …